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The second
theoretical part of the program of Subversive Festival started in Zagreb on
Sunday with round-table talks called “The crisis of Europe”. The participants
were Slavoj Zizek and Tariq Ali.
The next day
there was a debate on the topic “The crisis of Europe: What’s wrong with
Europe? The European resistance: Is different Europe possible?” Among others
there were Samir Amin, Bernard Cassen and Eric Toussaint taking part in the
debate. These debates of Subversive Forum are held every day from 10 am to 5 pm
in ZKM. All those who are interested are invited to participate in debates and
take part in the program.
The main part
of program was held in the Europa Cinema where there was a book presentation.
The book by Slavoj Zizek was presented in a talk which he gave together with
Ankica Cakardic. The book is called “Living at the end of time”. It shows and
proves that the capitalism which we live today is not sustainable and that it
is time for changes. These changes can only happen by redefining the communism.
After that
there was a lecture by Slavoj Zizek called “The signs from the future”. He is
one of the best known contemporary philosophers. He thinks that the events like
Occupy Wall Street, Arab Spring, demonstrations in Greece, Spain and other
countries should be read as signs from the future. These radical movements of
emancipation shouldn’t be analyzed as a part of continuum past/present. The
perspective of future should be introduced into the analysis. So, these events
should be analyzed as limited, distorted and sometimes even perverted fragments
of utopian future. It is lying asleep in the present as its hidden potential.
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